From owner-wx-tropl@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Mon Sep 20 20:36:57 2010 Received: from vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu [128.174.5.113]) by cozumel.ust.hk (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id o8KCauOd020977 for ; Mon, 20 Sep 2010 20:36:57 +0800 Received: from vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu [128.174.5.113]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o8HAi9sp012213; Mon, 20 Sep 2010 07:36:17 -0500 (CDT) Received: by LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 3484059 for WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU; Mon, 20 Sep 2010 07:36:17 -0500 Received: from relay08.cites.uiuc.edu (relay08.cites.uiuc.edu [128.174.196.9]) by vacuum.cso.uiuc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o8KCaHvv026772 for ; Mon, 20 Sep 2010 07:36:17 -0500 (CDT) Received: from weather3.admin.niu.edu (weather3.admin.niu.edu [131.156.8.48]) by relay08.cites.uiuc.edu (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o8KCaA1J021416 for ; Mon, 20 Sep 2010 07:36:16 -0500 (CDT) Received: by weather3.admin.niu.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id 72EE9405001E; Mon, 20 Sep 2010 07:36:10 -0500 (CDT) X-Spam-Score: 0 X-Spam-Details: rule=no-quarantine_notspam policy=no-quarantine score=0 spamscore=0 ipscore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx engine=5.0.0-1005130000 definitions=main-1009200045 X-Spam-OrigSender: ldm@weather3.admin.niu.edu X-Spam-Bar: Message-ID: <20100920123610.72EE9405001E@weather3.admin.niu.edu> Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2010 07:36:10 -0500 Reply-To: wxmaster@COX.NET Sender: WX-TROPL Tropical Storm and Hurricane WX products From: LDM Weather Subject: Central Pacific: Satellite Interpretation Message To: WX-TROPL@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU Precedence: list 231 ATHW40 PHFO 201236 SIMHI HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SATELLITE INTERPRETATION MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI 1230 UTC MON SEP 20 2010 BASED ON DATA THROUGH 1200 UTC SEPTEMBER 20 2010 CLOUDS FROM THE TRAILING END OF A COLD FRONT CONTINUE MOVING OVER THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS...BUT CLOUD COVER AROUND THE ISLANDS HAS DECREASED SINCE LAST EVENING. CLOUDS ARE SCATTERED OVER NIIHAU. SHOWERY...BROKEN LOW CLOUDS COVER WINDWARD AREAS OF KAUAI AND OAHU WHILE CLOUDS ARE SCATTERED OVER LOWER LEEWARD AREAS OF THE TWO ISLANDS. SHOWERY BROKEN TO OVERCAST CLOUDS BLANKET MOLOKAI AND LANAI AND WINDWARD MAUI. CLOUDS ARE SCATTERED OVER LEEWARD MAUI. BROKEN TO OVERCAST CLOUDS STILL COVER MOST LOWLAND AREAS OF THE BIG ISLAND OF HAWAII...UNUSUAL FOR THIS TIME OF NIGHT...WITH SCATTERED CLOUDS OVER THE KAU DESERT BETWEEN VOLCANO AND PAHALA. SKIES ARE CLEAR OVER THE INTERIOR OF THE BIG ISLAND ABOVE ABOUT 5500 FEET OF ELEVATION. LOW CLOUDS NEAR THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS ARE MOVING FROM THE EAST NORTHEAST AROUND 20 MPH. THERE ARE SCATTERED TO BROKEN LOW CLOUDS UPSTREAM OF KAUAI...SCATTERED LOW CLOUDS UPSTREAM OF OAHU...AND BROKEN TO OVERCAST LOW CLOUDS UPSTREAM OF MOLOKAI MAUI AND THE BIG ISLAND. THE CLOUDS OVER MAUI COUNTY AND THE BIG ISLAND ARE PART OF THE TRAILING END OF A FRONTAL BAND. THE 150 TO 250 MILE WIDE BAND OF SHOWERY...BROKEN TO OVERCAST LOW CLOUDS LIES SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM 27N140W...TO 22N150W...TO 80 MILES NORTHEAST OF HILO TO 60 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF KAHULUI...OVER MOLOKAI TO 90 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LANAI. THE BAND HAS BEEN NEARLY STATIONARY OVER THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS. ANOTHER FRAGMENT OF THE OLD FRONTAL BAND IS NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM 30N146W TO 27N148W TO 26N153W. THE BAND IS 175 MILES WIDE AT 30N TAPERING DOWN TO 40 MILES WIDE AT 26N. THIS BAND HAS BEEN MOVING SOUTH AT 5 TO 10 MPH. A 280 MILE WIDE BAND OF SHOWERY...BROKEN TO OVERCAST LOW CLOUDS IS CENTERED FROM 19N174W TO 25N176W. THIS CLOUD AREA CONTINUES MOVING TOWARD THE WEST AT 20 MPH. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY...WHICH SHOWS FEATURES MAINLY ABOVE 24000 FT... SHOWS A TROUGH ALOFT CENTERED FROM A CYCLONE AT 30N149W TO KAUAI. AN ANTICYCLONE ALOFT REMAINS NEARLY STATIONARY 680 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF KAUAI NEAR 26N170W. A JET STREAM RUNS FROM 26N180W TO 29N170W TO KAUAI TO 30N148W. $$ DONALDSON +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ To unsubscribe from WX-TROPL send e-mail to LISTSERV@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU with "unsub wx-tropl" in the body of your message. For help with WX-TROPL write to cnovy@cox.net. For more information on tropical weather products, see the NHC Homepage at http://www.nhc.noaa.gov.